Shingle-packing frame



April 30, 1929.` v. H. Ross SHINGLE PACKING FRAUE -Filed June 14. `192'/ 111111111111/ ff 11 /n/ Y mvelvrun 'VAUQHM H.Ross

ad( fr nrrRNEY 4 Patented Apr. 30, 1929.

UNITED STATES VAUGHNY n. Ross, oF vnneotwlm,` BRITIsHrcoLUMBm,cannnn.

SHINGLE-PACKING RME.

Appnation sled .time 14,

My invention relates to improvements m shingle packing frames which arepartienirly adapted it'or rise in connection With s i les te be bound together by Wire. I The Il fil/jects el tbc invention are to provide a simple and economical construction from which foot and `power operated compressing media are elin'iinated, and to providemeans whereby the wire for tying the bundle may be threaded in its appointed `position bundle and enter endj so disposed to be Within easy reach of the operator. l still 'farther object 1s to `.provide means for quickly releariaing the sidel guides et the packing iframe treni the Vbundle When "ied, that it may be easily removed from between them.

The invention consists essentially of a cleat carrying member adapted to be Vmonnted ns'rersely the table bed, said member havin a Wire groote. and meanest one end it deiiecting the fire passed intothe groove in an upward direction, a pair oflgmdes at opposite ends of the member, and means for increasing the intervening space betfveen said guides, as Will be more 'fully shown 1n the accompanying drawings and described 1n the following specilication, in which Fig. 1 is a plan vieu7 of the invention.

Fig. 2 a sectional view taken on the line 2--2 et Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan showing thedisposition of the invention to a packing table. i

Fig. l is a fractionated side vleW.

Fig. 5 a sectional view taken on theline 5;5 er' Fig.

ln the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each gure.

The nmneral l indicates generally the bed of a shingle packing table (see Figure 3) which is provided with demountable end stops in the mannerl common to shingle packing frames in general use. Mounted upon and transversely ot the bed 1 is a transversecleat earrying member generally indicated by the numeral. 3, which is provided with an elongated longitudinal recess 1, see Figures 1, 2 and 5, into which one of the cleats used in the packing of the bundle of shingles is adapted to be placed. The inner end ofthe member 3 is provided with a Wire receiving pocket- 5 which bell monthed at its outer end as at 6 tor convenience in entering a tie Wire 7. At the outer end of the transverse member a curved uptnrned lip 8 is provided for the Lil) les?. serial no. 198,726., i

purpose of deflectingtbe ivire 7, "it is fed;

to the device, from aph'cizizontal'tofal vertical'. position, so that its outer end is disposed with# in convenient reach `of the operator. A groove `9 is formed longitudinally of the reeeiving pocket 5, the cleat recess 4 `and prefy eifably on the inner tace of the.liptl,l)ut"tl1is can be emittedif desired.` l The groove serves. as a guide for the wire that itnray befreadfy passed under the ilongitndnal` centre of' the` cleat 10 disposed `in the ,recess el: and so held daring thetyingof thefbundlelj l y W 1 Y Extending tronrthe sideotfthe member 3 adjacent its iunerend isafgnide 11 havinga e vertical face 12, against:xvhielrone si-deedge of the outermostshingles is adaptedfto beV p placed when packing, so that the side of the. bundle shall be accurately alignedl- The base ot' the guide 11 also forms abearingfory an end-Wise movable rod 13 Whielrisi'adjustably` connected at its onterend toa further guide 14 having avertieal face `15,1yagainst;,which y the other side ofthebnndle isadapted to be formed. This guide isprovided-Witha hori zontal base 16 which is adapted to be endwisew movable in a channel/17 extending from the side adjacent the outer end otheinember 3Q The inner end of the rod 13'is littedvvith, a cam 18 havinga lever 19,V which cam is adapted to bearaagainst the inner end of the member 3 as the lever 19 is depressedand to move the guide 14V towards the centre ofthe bed 1 as shown in Fvurefl. A collar Q() is i secured to the rod 13 between `which and fthe guide 11, a compression spring 2l is mounted for the purpose ofithrnsting the guide 14;' rearwardly when the lever 19 is raised to Withdraw the cam 18 from its engaging position..` W .i

Having thusdescribedthe several parts of my invention I will now briefly explain its' use. l v In setting theyframe for packirig'al cleat 10 is laid intothe'recess 4 andtheblever19j` lowered to dispose the'gnides 11and`14`toy their closest relation.. lThe shingles are then placed in position with their butts tothe end stops 2 and their tips extendinginwards and overlying the cleat 10, successive tiersjof shingles are thus built up, with the outeredges, of the outermost shingles in Contact Withethe guides 11 and 14. When' asuilieient number" n of shingles Vhas been formednp a second cleat is placed transversely .thereon direc'tly'above, the rst, and a Wire 7 tbr'ustinto the receiving 110 pocket 5, along the groove 9 and the upturned lip 8, thus disposing its outer end in a vertical position above the top of the bundle. The ends of the wire arebrought into parallel relation above the bundle and along the top of the upper cleat and are fitted into the jaws of a suitable wire tying machine7 which imparts a tensional strain thereto to compact the bundle, finally twistingithe said ends together and severing any excess lengththere from. rIhe vertical.compression of the bundle sometimes produces a slight transverse eX- pansimi thereto, which causes the bundle to bind between the guides, in which case the lever 19 is raised to release the cani 18 ilironi its point 0l bearing, when the spring 2l forces the guide 14 away Afrom the bundle, thusI releasing the binding elleet'above mentioned so that the bundle may be easily removed from the packing frame.

What I claim as my invention is:

l. In a shinglefpacliing lranie having a bed.` a transverse member adapted to support a cleat upon which a bundle of shingles is; adapted to be torineth and means tor guiding a cleat and having a groove through which a tie wire is adapted to pass below the cleat and the shingles packed upon the bed, and an arcuate tip at one end of the member for di* recting one end of said wire in a vertically upward direction.

4. In a shingle packing frame having a bed, a transverse member havii'ig a groove through which a tie wire is adapted to pass below the shingles packed upon the bed. a pair of vertical guides adjacent opposite ends oil? the member; and means for increasing the space between `the guides.

5. In a single packing :traine haring a bed, u traiun'erse member having u groove through which a tie wire in Vzulapted to pass below the shingles packed uponlihe bed, a pair el ver,` tical guides adjacent opposite ends of the member, means for adjusting the spacing between the members, and means or moving one of the members a predetermined distance.

(5. Ina shingle packing iframe having a bed, a traneverse member having a groove hrough which a tie wire is adapted to pass below the shingles packed upon the bed, a pair of vertical guides adj aeent opposite ends of the member, one of said guides l1av ing sliding engagement with the member, spring means or moving the said guide in one direction7 and a earn for moving and lock ing it in the opposite direction.

VIn testimony whereof Ialiix my signature.

VAUGHN H. RO "54. 

